- Date
- August 3, 1975
- Place
- Bealeton, VA · BEALETON, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1612USopwith PUP
- Status
- Completed · report October 17, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750803023609A
- Case key
- 150085
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2558 75/8/3 BEALETON,VA SOPWITH PUP CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 9809 TIME - 1800 N1612U PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FLYING CIRCUS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BEALETON,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH TEMPERATURE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F HAZE 90 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 225 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- ACFT MUSHED INTO TREES.OAT 90 DEG F.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1612U
- Reported as
- Sopwith PUP
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Flying Circus
N1612URegistration cancelled Oct 28, 2017 · Bevins SOPWITH PUPAirframe modelBevins SOPWITH PUPEngine modelKinner B5 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.